Machus

Machus (76 BC-) was a resident of 1st century Ptolemaic Egypt who served as an informant for Apollodorus the Sicilian, Cleopatra's right-hand man.

Biography
Machus was born in Alexandria, Ptolemaic Egypt in 76 BC, and he frequented the Lageion hippodrome. Machus was later recruited as an informant by Apollodorus the Sicilian, the right-hand man of Cleopatra, and, in 48 BC, he met the medjay Bayek at the hippodrome. He advised Bayek to meet with Apollodorus at the Lighthouse of Kanopos at night, and he also recommended participating in the hippodrome's chariot races.